Calling My Children Home Song Lyrics and Chords by Emmylou Harris
Calling My Children Home
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Doyle Lawson, Charles Waller, Robert Yates
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Those lives were mine to love and cherish
To guard and guide along life's
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Oh God for
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bid that one should perish
That one
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alas should go a
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stray
Back in the years with all together
Around the place we'd romp and
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play
So lonely
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now I oft' times wonder
Oh will they
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come back home some
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day
I'm lonesome for my
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precious
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children
They live so far a
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Oh may they
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hear
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my
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calling calling
And come back
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home some
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day
I gave my all for my dear children
Their problems still with love I
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share
I'd brave life's
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storm defy the tempest
To bring them
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home from anyw
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here
I lived my life my love I gave them
To guide them through this world of
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strife
I hope and
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pray we'll live together
In that great
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glad here after
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life
Repeat #3
FAQ
Who sang the the song Calling My Children Home?
- The song Calling My Children Home was sang by Emmylou Harris.
Who is Emmylou Harris?
- Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018, she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Harris' work and recordings include work as a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers' works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet partner. She has worked with numerous artists.
